Excerpt from Ice Bound, Vol. 1 of 3Well, we started, as I have said, without cheer or God bless you, for no one knew our purpose; and on September the 22nd we made the island of Rono, and Bara on the following morning. On Sunday the 30th we passed the sunken land of Bus, as it is called in Dawson's chart, and, heaving-to, obtained soundings in one hundred and forty fathoms, in a bottom of very fine white sand.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy.

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